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Generalized Orbifold Construction for Conformal Nets

Let $\mathcal{B}$ be a conformal net. We give the notion of a proper action
of a finite hypergroup acting by vacuum preserving unital completely positive
(so-called stochastic) maps, which generalizes the proper actions of finite
groups. Taking fixed points under such an action gives a finite index subnet
$\mathcal{B}^K$ of $\mathcal{B}$, which generalizes the $G$-orbifold.
Conversely, we show that if $\mathcal{A}\subset \mathcal{B}$ is a finite
inclusion of conformal nets, then $\mathcal{A}$ is a generalized orbifold
$\mathcal{A}=\mathcal{B}^K$ of the conformal net $\mathcal{B}$ by a unique
finite hypergroup $K$. There is a Galois correspondence between intermediate
nets $\mathcal{B}^K\subset \mathcal{A} \subset \mathcal{B}$ and subhypergroups
$L\subset K$ given by $\mathcal{A}=\mathcal{B}^L$. In this case, the fixed
point of $\mathcal{B}^K\subset \mathcal{A}$ is the generalized orbifold by the
hypergroup of double cosets $L\backslash K/ L$.
If $\mathcal{A}\subset \mathcal{B}$ is an finite index inclusion of
completely rational nets, we show that the inclusion $\mathcal{A}(I)\subset
\mathcal{B}(I)$ is conjugate to a Longo--Rehren inclusion. This implies that if
$\mathcal{B}$ is a holomorphic net, and $K$ acts properly on $\mathcal{B}$,
then there is a unitary fusion category $\mathcal{F}$ which is a
categorification of $K$ and $\mathrm{Rep}(\mathcal{B}^K)$ is braided equivalent
to the Drinfel'd center $Z(\mathcal{F})$. More generally, if $\mathcal{B}$ is
completely rational conformal net and $K$ acts properly on $\mathcal{B}$, then
there is a unitary fusion category $\mathcal{F}$ extending
$\mathrm{Rep}(\mathcal{B})$, such that $K$ is given by the double cosets of the
fusion ring of $\mathcal{F}$ by the Verlinde fusion ring of $\mathcal{B}$ and
$\mathrm{Rep}(\mathcal{B}^K)$ is braided equivalent to the M\"uger centralizer
of $\mathrm{Rep}(\mathcal{B})$ in $Z(\mathcal{F})$.